Radioactive 'Smart Bomb' targets Hard-to-Treat tumors
NCT ID NCT05153772
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 study tests a drug called 212Pb-DOTAMTATE, which delivers radiation directly to neuroendocrine tumor cells. It includes 69 adults whose tumors have grown despite standard treatments. The goal is to see if the drug shrinks tumors and to check for side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 212Pb-DOTAMTATE (a radioactive drug that targets tumor cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for people with neuroendocrine tumors that have stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with only 69 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The treatment involves radiation, which can cause side effects like damage to healthy tissues.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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69 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female ≥18 years old with unresectable or metastatic histologically confirmed NET * Subjects must have received and progressed following somatostatin analog administration * For PRRT naive subjects, documented progression of disease following previous therapy within 12 months prior to enrollment and the presence of at least 1 site of measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 * Subjects who previously received PRRT must have documented progression of disease and at least 1 site of measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 after receiving up to 4 doses (≤ 880 mCi) of 177Lu-DOTATATE/DOTATOC and received their last dose at least 6 months prior to Day 1 * Confirmed presence of somatostatin receptors on all lesions including the non-target and measurable lesions documented by CT/MRI scans, based on positive 68Ga-DOTATATE (NETSPOT®), 64Cu-DOTATATE (Detectnet™), or other Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved SSTR PET/CT imaging within 6 weeks prior to enrollment. Follow up imaging should be performed with the same agent or modality used at baseline; 1. Target lesions must be positive (greater than grade 2 uptake Krenning Score) or must have a standardized uptake value of more than the normal liver background. 2. Lytic bone lesions, with an identifiable soft tissue component, evaluated by CT or MRI, can also be considered measurable lesions if the soft tissue component otherwise meets the definition of measurability according to RECIST 1.1. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status 0-2; * Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks in the opinion of the investigator at the time of screening; * Sufficient bone marrow capacity and organ function in the recent blood tests within 3 weeks prior to Day 1, as defined by: 1. White blood cell (WBC) ≥2,500/ mm3; 2. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1000/mm3; 3. Platelets ≥100,000/mm3; 4. Hemoglobin (HgB) ≥9.0 g/dL; 5. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤3 X upper limit of normal (ULN); 6. Total Bilirubin: ≤2 X ULN; 7. Serum creatinine ≤1.7 mg/dL for PRRT naïve subjects; ≤ ULN for previous PRRT subjects; 8. Serum albumin ≥3.0 g/L; if lower than 3.0 g/L requires normal range prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR), and * Be willing to practice the following medically acceptable methods of birth control (both women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and men who have partners of childbearing potential) from the Screening Visit through 3 months after the final administration 212Pb-DOTAMTATE Exclusion Criteria: * Prior whole-body radiotherapy or PRRT using 177Lu/90Y/111In-DOTATATE/ DOTATOC or Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT). * For subjects who previously received PRRT, prior treatment with: Prior treatment with 90Y- DOTATATE/ DOTATOC, 225Ac-DOTATATE/DOTATOC, and/or 111In-DOTATATE/ DOTATOC * Prior regional hepatic radionuclide therapy within 4 months prior to enrollment or prior nonradioactive regional hepatic therapy within 6 months prior to enrollment. * Known hypersensitivity to somatostatin analogues, Amino Acid infusion, or 212Pb-DOTAMTATE; * Therapeutic use of any somatostatin analogue, including Sandostatin® LAR (within 28 days) and Sandostatin® (within 1 day) prior to Cycle 1 Day 1; * History of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS); * Female subjects who are pregnant or lactating; * Indication for surgical lesion removal with curative potential; * Known brain metastases, unless these metastases have been treated and/or stable for 6 months prior to enrollment; * Experimental cancer treatments or other investigational therapies within 6 weeks or five half-lives of the investigational medication prior to Day 1; * Uncontrolled congestive heart failure (NYHA II, III, IV); * Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus as defined by a hemoglobin A1C \>10.0; * Evidence of renal obstruction based on Tc-99m DTPA or TER for MAG3 renal scintigraphy or renal ultrasound. * Known or active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B or C virus unless cured; * Known or suspected active drug or alcohol abuse; * Participation in other interventional clinical studies within 30 days prior to Day 1; * Other known co-existing malignancies except non-melanoma skin cancer and carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix, unless definitively treated and proven no evidence of recurrence for 5 years; * Any somatic or psychiatric disease/condition or abnormal laboratory test that in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the objectives and assessments of the study; or * Unable to comply with the requirements of the study protocol or be unsuitable for the study for any reason, in the opinion of the investigator.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center
Houston, Texas, 77042, United States
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Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Metairie, Louisiana, 70006, United States
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Rocky Mountain Cancer Center
Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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